Here's some musical sketches - mostly work in progress - some of which has been written on the musical scratch-pad that is the MPC 2500 (pictured here). Loads of hip hop tracks start life on an MPC, so if it's good enough for Jay-Z, it's good enough for Mister Orange!
The MPC 2500 is a wonderful tool for throwing ideas down. No need to turn on the whole studio - just turn it on, plug in some headphones and play (taking the occasional break for a satisfying read of the manual!)
| Track | Description | Play | Download |
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| Riser | Definitely a housey groove. Whatever happened to my idea to do lots of dub-house? Anyway, this is my favourite at the mo. | Play | Download |
| Thirsty | Long version of dubby tune called Thirsty. (Must have needed a beer or something.) Trying to capture that housey-dubby style I've been going on about for ages. | Play | Download |
| New Year | Long version of a trancey tune called New Year. So called cos it was kinda late on New Years day after all the parties had chucked out, but the fun hadn't quite worn off. Fantastic time recording piano (and err... synth guitar) solos. It's evenings like this that make making music in a studio the most fun one can have by oneself. | Play | Download |
| Bunny | Finally finished off this tune started with Laura last year. | Play | Download |
| Um Dub | Dub having a day off. WTF is this? | Play | Download |
| Voon | Anyway. F*** that other shit. Check this out. (Techno) | Play | Download |
| Chazoot | Current favourite. Arpeggio heaven. | Play | Download |
| Chazoot break | Here's the homemade percussion break from Chazoot. Resisted the temptation to drop the tune down to the break, but liked it anyway... so here it is. Notice the birthday bongo. | Play | Download |
| Fook Out | Not a lot of music, but around twenty five variations on a breakbeat keep it rolling along. | Play | Download |
| Lazy | This has been knocking around since last year. Didn't realise I'd recorded this (rough) version, so here it is. Suggestions? | Play | Download |
| Bline | Another one I found from last year. This is sort of dubby in a slightly weird way. I quite like it though. | Play | Download |
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| JP1 | Funky, rare groove thang | Play | Download |
| JP2 | Sort of house, bit bungalow-like | Play | Download |
| JP3 | Broken beat? | Play | Download |
| JP4 | Slithery drum and bass | Play | Download |
| JP5 | More drum and bass - although mostly just nicked loops glued together, so can't take much credit for this one. | Play | Download |
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| GX1 | Variation on that broken beat thing above, with guitar on top | Play | Download |
| GX2 | Variation on one of the drum and bass things, with guitar and keys on top | Play | Download |
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| Graces long | Longer, earlier version of the main mix | Play | Download |
| Tell me 1 | Rough mono mix. Dry vocals on backing track. No guitar | Play | Download |
| Mixed up girl 1 | Completely stripped down mix. Super loud, doubled up vocals. Lucy's voice sounds amazing this loud and punchy. | Play | Download |
| Tell me what you want | Simple demo mix. Vocals on backing track. No guitar yet. | Play | Download |
| Follow mix | 4/4 mix of Follow Me | Play | Download |
| By the way | First out-take from rehearsal. Jamming. Trying out lyrics and guitar ideas. | Play | Download |
| Tonight | Another first out-take from rehearsal. Jamming. Trying out lyrics and guitar ideas. Worth sticking with it till about six minutes in for some seriously jazzy guitar. | Play | Download |
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| Chris 1 | Play | Download |
| Chris 2 | Play | Download |
| Chris 3a | Play | Download |
| Chris 3b | Play | Download |
| Chris 3c | Play | Download |
| Chris 4a | Play | Download |
| Chris 4b | Play | Download |
| Chris Funk | Play | Download |